Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/17 – 3/26/2024)

Old City Java, 109 S. Central Street, Knoxville, February 2024 (Photo by Luke Frazier)
Old City Java, 109 S. Central Street, Knoxville, February 2024 (Photo by Luke Frazier)

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(Planner provided weekly by contributing writer Scott McNutt)

Sunday, March 17 

 

Monday, March 18 

  • Mural Exhibition, Maker Exchange, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm, (Mon-Sat, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm / Sun,  6:30 am – 10:00 pm), through May 24
  • Keerthana Duddu, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Black & Gifted Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri
  • Featured Artist: Sonia Jackson Summers, Bijou Art Gallery, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Mar 31
  • March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Lorna E Vela Exhibit, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 am – midnight, Mon – Sun
  • Astrid Galindo Student Art Competition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition – Group 1, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Wed, Fri, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Thu, 10:00 am – 7:30 am / Sun, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm), through Mar 24
  • Little History Lessons: Baseball, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10
  • Derick Kenson Exhibit, Hummingbird South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, Mon-Fri / Sun, noon – 8:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Three Times A Lady, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Erin McGlothlin Talk: “Imagining Operation Reinhard in Contemporary Holocaust Fiction,” UT Hodges Library, 3:30 pm
  • Barbara Enloe Exhibit, Printshop Beer Co., 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Tue-Thu (noon – 9:00 pm, Fri-Sat / noon – 5:00 pm, Sun)
  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force Meeting, Knoxville Area Urban League, 1514 E. Fifth Ave, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
  • The Maltese Falcon – Knoxville Classics Book Club, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
  • Knox Brew Stories by Brand New Box of Matches, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
  • Bunny Planter Workshop with The Plant Trolley at Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $28.52, RSVP
  • Showing: Love Lies Bleeding / Love Lies Bleeding, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:45 pm, $7 – $12
  • Yoga – March Mindfulness at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Mar 25), $15, no one turned away for lack of funds
  • Chef Series: Journey Through Spain, Oliver Royale, 6:30 pm, $129.08, RSVP
  • Terry Washington, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight Nerd Night: DnD, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Weekly through Mar 25)
  • Latin Dance Mondays, 828 Tulip Ave, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Mar 25), starting at $10
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
  • Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, pay what you can up to $10
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Full Service @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 19 

Historic Marker Beside Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Knoxville, March 2024

Wednesday, March 20 

 

Thursday, March 21 

 

Friday, March 22

  • eVolve 2024: Be the Change Conference, UT Student Union, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Big Ears Festival 2024, multiple venues, 9:00 am – 2:00 am (daily through Mar 24), starting at $115
  • Meditation at the Museum, UT McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Mr Sun (Darrol Anger’s band) / Son Rompe Pera, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Fifth Annual Vernacular Symposium, UT Humanities Center, Auditorium, noon – 5:00 pm
  • Square Ramp: Pop-Up, 310 W. Jackson Ave, near Sweet P’s BBQ and the Standard, noon – 7:00 pm (continues through Mar 24)
  • Achieving Health Equity Lecture Series | Measurement Considerations With LGBTQ+ Populations, UT Student Union, Rm 169, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Greg Saunier & Steve Gigante, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Good Guy Collective, Big Kitty, Earwig Deluxe, Telo Hoy, Bursters, The Shrining, Ted Tyro, Slime Ring, Kudzu Municipal, A Certain Zone, Matt Nelson, Maspeth, The Pilot Light, Time TBD
  • Animal Communication with Afton Hughes, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $50 – $85
  • Freakshow Beers! Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 6 Emory Place, 4:00 pm
  • Lobster Dogs at Ebony & Ivory Brewing, 5:00 pm
  • Showing: Love Lies Bleeding / Late Night with the Devil, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 7:15 pm, $7 – $12
  • thus spoke the mudpuppies, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (continues Mar 16, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
  • Reception: MFA Thesis Exhibition – Group 1, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 5:00 pm
  • Hayden Bright, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Ray Beltran & BlueMax, Ale’ Rae’s, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Billy Mac, Marble City Market, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Doug Wilhite, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm
  • Smoky Mountain Delta Blues, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
  • Cactus Flower, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 7:30 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Anon(ymous), UT Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Kenneth Brown, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • JK Johns, The Forgettables, and Ben Bannister at Pretentious Beer Co., Pretentious Beer Co, 8:00 pm, $12.55 – $18.29, RSVP
  • Alicia Harvey – BAND, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • The Old-City Ho’Down,  The Double S Wine Bar, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10-$11
  • Big Ears Festival Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
  • The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Friday Night Music at The Pirate Tavern, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Showing: Love Lies Bleeding, Central Cinema, 9:20 pm, $7 – $12
  • The Vertical Bird, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
  • Andres Tapia DJ Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, March 23

South Made Marketing, 1531 N Central St. March 2024 (Photo provided by South Made Marketing)

Sunday, March 24 

 

Monday, March 25 

  • Mural Exhibition, Maker Exchange, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm, (Mon-Sat, 6:30 am – 11:00 pm / Sun,  6:30 am – 10:00 pm), through May 24
  • Keerthana Duddu, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Featured Artist: Sonia Jackson Summers, Bijou Art Gallery, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Mar 31
  • March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Lorna E Vela Exhibit, Birdhouse Knoxville, 9:00 am – midnight, Mon – Sun
  • Astrid Galindo Student Art Competition, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat
  • Small Business Matters – The Monday Edition, Fanatic Brewing Company, 10:00 am – 11:30 am 
  • Derick Kenson Exhibit, Hummingbird South, 3726 Sevier Heights Rd, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, Mon-Fri / Sun, noon – 8:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • NSK9 Pack Walk – Downtown “City Walk” Loop, World’s Fair Park, 3:30 pm
  • Blue Sky Girls After School MTB Camp! Baker Creek Preserve, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm, $375, RSVP
  • Chiasmus Reading and Open Mic, Union Ave Books, 6:00 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through Dec 30), $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Showing: Love Lies Bleeding, Central Cinema, 6:15 pm, $7 – $12
  • Yoga – March Mindfulness at the Birdhouse Knoxville, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm , $15, no one turned away for lack of funds
  • Carter Beucher, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Knox Pride Presents: March Book Club Meetup, Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Speakeasy at the Barrel Room, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 7:00 pm – midnight Open Mic Night! Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Feb 26, 2024)
  • Nerd Night: DnD, Crafty Brewery – Emory Place, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Weekly through Mar 25)
  • Latin Dance Mondays, 828 Tulip Ave, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Mar 25), starting at $10
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm
  • Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, starting at $25
  • Knoxville Contra Dance, Laurel Theater, 8:00 pm, pay what you can up to $10
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Showing: OVA Extreme Series, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $5
  • Sun-Dried Vibes  / Craig Waters and the Flood, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 26